Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
November 26, 2013

Uranium Film Festival Comes to Navajo Nation Dec 2-4

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The International Uranium Film Festival makes a stop at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona this December 2nd through the 4th...
April 08, 2013

"Exposure: Radiation Victims Speak Out" Web Series Reveals Personal Struggles, Triumphs

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Over 20 years ago, the Hiroshima newspaper Chugoku Shimbun sent a team of reporters to 15 nations around the world to gather personal accou...
March 28, 2013

Radioactive Wild Boars Found in Northern Italy

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The Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera reports that traces of cesium-137 contamination have been found in dozens of wild boars taken by ...
March 26, 2013

Chernobyl Database: A New, Useful Research Tool

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While having much of the Internet at one's disposal through search engines is a wonderful thing - especially when you know what you...
November 30, 2012

Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement Rises: The First Stage

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After nearly two decades of administrative, political, and financial setbacks, major progress is being made now at the New Safe Confinement....
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September 19, 2012

Argonne National Laboratory Energy Showcase: Photo Slideshow

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As promised, Part Two of our coverage of the Saturday, September 15th Argonne Energy Showcase open house event. Our video highlights can be...
September 18, 2012

Video Highlights from Argonne National Lab's Energy Showcase 2012

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Didn't get a chance to visit Argonne National Laboratory's 2012 Energy Showcase in the Chicago suburbs this past September 15th? D...
September 06, 2012

Pentagon Releases Map of Estimated Radiation Doses for Americans in Japan During Peak of Fukushima Crisis

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The Pentagon has released data showing radiation dosage estimates for the thousands of American nationals and military personnel in Japan a...
September 05, 2012

Memorial Mass for Victims of the Goiânia Accident, 25 Years On

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For our readers in Brasil, on 13 September there will be a 25th Memorial Mass commemorating the victims of the 1987 Goiânia accident held ...
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August 06, 2012

"Inside Chernobyl (2012)": A Documentary by Adrian Musto

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Much has been said here and elsewhere on the longstanding tragedy of Chernobyl, so I'm always pleasantly surprised to find a fresh look...
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July 30, 2012

Argonne National Laboratory to Host 2012 Energy Showcase

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[UPDATE 8/15/12: Argonne National Laboratory releases more details on the September 15th Energy Showcase program .] If you (or your childr...
June 11, 2012

"Lessons Learned from 'Lessons Learned': The Evolution of Nuclear Power Safety After Accidents and Near-Accidents" (AAAS monograph, 2012)

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Continuing our theme of our evolving understanding of nuclear power safety , I'd like to highlight an excellent - and timely - paper jus...
May 18, 2012

Radioactive Cesium Found in Rats Near Fukushima

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This story from Japan illustrates how radioactive contamination can be dispersed by animal vectors, as well as weather, water, and human in...
April 30, 2012

RadioActive! Casefiles: The Goiânia Accident (1987)

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A little over one year after Chernobyl focused the world's attention on what was then the worst-ever civilian industrial nuclear disast...
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April 28, 2012

Atomic Age II Fukushima Symposium, May 5th, 2012

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RadioActive! readers near Chicago: the University of Chicago, the birthplace of the first controlled nuclear chain reaction, hosts Atomic...
April 27, 2012

Jellyfish-Like Creatures Cause Shutdown of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant

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An influx of "thumb-sized" creatures in cooling sea water proved too much for a California nuclear power plant this week, accor...